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BEIJING -- Chinese scientists have launched an ambitious international megascience project to decode the genetic blueprint of ...

Mendel’s monastery garden experiments went largely unnoticed during his life, but their implications would ripple through science decades later. Gregor Mendel, Austrian botanist and founder of ...

Scientists say their Stomata In-Sight tool can observe plants "breathe," which could be used to bioengineer crops that require less water, making them potentially more resilient to climate change.

Jeanette Marantos, a Features reporter, died following a stroke. She helped educate readers about native California plants.

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have designed a new computational method that doubles the analysis of complex plant imaging data while using 75% less memory ...

Students at Spelman College have developed an artificial intelligence system that allows anyone to communicate verbally with ...